Centre for New Writing Co-director John McAuliffe’s first collection of poems, A Better Life (2002), was short-listed for the Forward First Collection Award, and he has published poems in the TLS and a range of poetry reviews. His second collection Next Door was published in 2007, and he also writes essays and reviews of contemporary poetry for journals and newspapers in Ireland and the UK.

He has published critical essays on post-colonial literatures, Victorian travel writing and twentieth century Irish poetry and fiction, and taught at a number of Irish universities, the UK’s Open University and a host of creative writing workshops and courses.

Website : http://www.arts.manchester.ac.uk/newwriting/about/johnmcauliffe/